[Sparkologist]

Maybe it is just me being childish or overtly patriotic, but I once suffered what I believe to be a form of racism.
Four years ago, when flying to the States to work, I was given a temporary entrance visa form to fill in, during the flight. In the box marked 'nationalty', I wrote 'English'. When passing through customs at JFK airport in New York, an 'Afro-Carribean' scribbled out the word 'English', and wrote 'UK' in its place.
This I find to be gratuitously offensive. I am not Jockenese, or a Taffy, or a Mick, (Ooo Lordy, I can feel them karma points slipping away), I'm English and proud of that fact.
When I pointed out his error, the customs officer told me that England didn't exist, only the UK, and if I continued to complain, I would not gain entry to the country. I found this statement hard to take, considering it was coming from someone who appeared to have the IQ of a concussed goldfish.